^FINAL LUMINARY: My luminary was printed out. And then I glued on the correct dimension of the film paper, and then fully assembled the luminary. (photo will be uploaded soon)
^Classwork: Thursday May 25- In class, I finished my fusion sketches for the four panels. I then made the bottom piece of the luminary that holds the tea lamp. The bottom piece has a circular hole and then another piece of a wood ring that I will glue on top to hold the tea lamp on an edge.
^Homework Due: Thursday May 25- For homework I finished my third panel, and started working on my fourth panel. After I finish this then I need to make the top and bottom pieces of the luminary.
^Classwork: Wednesday May 24– During class I worked on my luminary third panel, but I was having trouble because fusion was loading really slow.
^Homework Due: Wednesday May 24: For homework I finished the second panel, and started the third panel. I am continuing the outdoor theme with it.
^Classwork: Monday May 22- During class I continued working on my luminary design. I am working on the second side now and creating a design that follows the same theme.
^Homework Due: Monday May 22: For homework I continued working on my design. The first panel is going to have the sun, and I think for the second one I am going to try to do the moon/stars in some way. I still need to add in the design in the open space.
^Classwork: Thursday May 18: During class I created a design on my luminary but after working on it I decided I did not like how it turned out, so I deleted it and started a new design from another idea from one of my sketches.
^Homework Due: Thursday May 18: For homework I worked on the fusion luminary. I created the joinery on each panel, each slot is 1 in long and .2in width. I then used the mirror tool to mirror the tree onto the next panel, this took a long time because I had to mirror each circle and line as well. I mirrored it along a line that ran between the two panels so it was symmetric. I still need to create the designs for the open space below the trees, and the next two panels.
^Classwork: Wednesday May 17: During class I continued to work on my fusion 360 online model of my luminary design. I used the circle tool to add part of my design into it, and will continue working on it for homework.
^Homework Due: Wednesday May 17: For homework I worked on my fusion design. I started making the leaves on the first tree and I sketched out some more ideas for how to incorporate more aesthetics into this design (don’t have pictures of sketches, but have picture of fusion).
^Classwork: Monday May 15- During class I printed out the etched pieces of my desk organizer. My desk organizer is now finished.
^Classwork: Thursday May 11- In class I glued together my desk organizer, but now I just need to print out the etched drawer fronts because I did not get a chance to in class.
^Homework Due: Thursday May 11: For homework I started the fusion 360 model of my luminary. I created a 24x12in rectangle for reference in a sketch (for the piece of wood that using to cut out pieces on) and then I created one 11x5in rectangle and a 10x4in rectangle inside of that. I used the rectangle pattern tool to create 3 more of those, so I have 4 panels total. I started to put the tree on the first panel, but did not finish it yet.
^Homework Due: Monday May 8: For homework I chose the four season theme, and I created two more additional sketches that are more to scale and detailed.
^Classwork: Thursday May 4- During class I printed out my desk organizer pieces, however I still need to print out my etched pieces. I assembled the desk organizer and taped it together.
^Homework Due: Thursday May 4- For homework I created 3 more concept sketches for my luminary designs. I still went with the 4 seasons, and I created summer, spring, and fall. I think I will use some of these designs in my final sketches, and also incorporate more of a few things that I came up with.
^Classwork: Monday May 1- I worked on more luminary sketches, but this time with a theme. The first one I am working on is the four seasons. (don’t have photo, will upload next class).
^Homework due: Monday May 1- For homework I created: 2 sketches for my own luminary using Frank Lloyd Wright’s window designs as my inspiration, and then 2 more luminary sketches, but this time asymmetrical compositions.
^Classwork: Thursday April 27- During class I could not print, so I worked on the start of the next project. I researched Frank Lloyd Wright’s window designs, and used that research as inspiration to create the sketches for the panels.
^Classwork: Wednesday April 26- During class I emailed the rhino file, but I did not start printing because I did not have the wood pieces yet.
^Classwork: Thursday April 20- During class I worked with Mr. Brodie to create the etched files on Illustrator. And I also created the dimension rectangles on rhino so I will be ready to print next class.
^Classwork: Monday April 17- During class I created the rhino 3d and found out the dimensions of the pieces of wood i need. I still need to email the dimensions and figure out how to get the etching sketches into rhino.
^Classwork: Saturday April 15- during class i had to redo uploading my dxf files into rhino 3d on the lab computer.
^Classwork: Thursday April 13- During class I uploaded my dxf files into rhino 3d on a lab computer. I worked on deleting 2nd lines, etc. And then I sketched out each part of the desk organizer that I will use to figure out how big of a plywood piece I need for printing.
^Homework Due: Thursday April 13: For homework I completed my 3D digital model of my desk organizer, and I downloaded all of the components in dxf files and uploaded them into a file on my computer so I can put it into rhino next class. The above photos also include the AI Dalle-E generator that I used for inspiration for my design. In specific, the first one in the second row and the first one in the fourth row helped me form the idea of having a mix of shelves and draws for both closed and open storage. The AI generated ideas mixed in with my own ideas gave my the design that I chose to make.
^Classwork: Monday April 10: During class I had to re-do the drawers for my desk organizer because the measurements were not correct. I used the joint tools, and then I copied each component and pasted it to create the second drawer. I still need to join the second drawer together, and create the personal designs.
^Homework Due: Monday April 10: For homework, I created the second drawer of the desk organizer, but when I was copying and pasting the components from the first drawer, it was not transferring correctly. Even though this update screenshot above looks like I worked backwards, it took me awhile to figure out the problem, and I am going to ask for help in class because it still isn’t transferring right.
^Classwork: Thursday April 6: During class I added the pencil holder dividers and had to create new joints onto the pencil holder walls. I then created the left drawer and used the fillet command to create a small opening so that it can open. The drawer is the measurements of the opening minus .20in because I want some space for it to go in.
^Homework Due: Thursday April 6: For homework I went back into the design and made the shelfs 2.0in to 3in each, so the shelfs are now wider. I then made the top of the desk organizer shorter by an inch (9.0in to 8.0in), so now pencils, pens, etc, will be easier to access by now only being a 5in high pencil holder. I created new inside walls of the pencil holder and a new front because the measurements were not right. Also, I created the drawer divider and joined it with the organizer, I changed the 3 drawers into 2 because of the suggestion I received in class and it makes more sense.
Classwork: Wednesday April 5: During class we took turns presenting our designs. Some feedback for me was this: maybe add more of a theme, make the softball a separate component and glue it on so it stands out, maybe 2 drawers instead of 3.
^Homework due: Wednesday April 5: For homework, the desk organizer user tested out the desk organizer. She said the general design was what she wanted, however, she gave me some feedback on what she wants to be changed. She asked for the two outside drawers to be a bit bigger, so they can fit more regular sized things in them. Also, she asked for the height of the design to be a bit shorter because the pencil holder at the top is just a bit too tall for most pens, pencils, etc. However, she suggested that either the height of the actual whole structures gets shorter, or the bottom shelf to move up a bit. I will incorporate this into my final design by editing my fusion 360 design and cutting back on the height of the structure, or moving the bottom shelf a bit higher, and by creating the drawers to extend more inward, and cutting down the middle drawer a bit in width. This means I will have to make the shelfs wider as well because that is the aesthetic I want, which means the pencil holder will go down in width too.
^Classwork: Monday April 3: During class I created and finished the low-resolution desk organizer out of card board. It is not as neat as I wanted it to be, but it gives me a good idea on wear to make improvements.
^Homework Due: Monday April 3: For homework, I joined the outer walls and the bottom of the desk organizer using the joint command. I then created the bottom and top shelf of the desk organizer with all separate components, and joined them to the outer walls. I then created the base walls for the pencil holder in the top middle of the desk organizer, but I still need to create the dividers in the pencil holder, the drawers on the bottom, and all of the personal designs on the outside walls.
^Classwork: Thursday March 30: During class I worked on the measurements and specifications (on paper) of my design and I worked on the joints, however, the joints did not add up correctly so it took me awhile to figure out the right placements. I did not get as much work completed in class as I wish I did because the joinery of two pieces took me much longer than I wish it would have, but I will try to do a lot for homework.
^Homework due Thursday March 30: For homework I started my online fusion 3d model of the desk organizer, but I was having trouble aligning the cutouts, so it took me awhile to just do a little.
^Classwork: Wednesday March 29: During class I drew out my different views of the chosen design, and I started my fusion 3d model.
^Homework due: Wednesday March 29: For homework I completed my 6 concept sketches for my desk organizer design. I want to include 1-2 drawers, lots of pencil space, and I also want to have 1-2 shelves. For some of the personal choices for the desk organizer, I will include a #4 (sports jersey #), a the users favorite quote or design of choice. I also am going to use the ai generator to come up with some sort of design to put on the desk organizer that will make it unique and be more aesthetically pleasing. I also met with the user to finalize the design, and we think I will make either #1 or #6 for the design.
^Classwork: Monday March 27: During class I completed my problem statement paragraph for the desk organizer user by defining constraints and narrowing the focus of what the user requires.
- Pencils, paper, post its, erasers, pens
- Limited space, but big enough to hold some folders, pencils, pens, and to organize the desk supplies
- Wood, minimalistic
- #4 – sport jersey number
- Yes, has a current desk organizer, but does not like it.
- Pros: has a lot of space for pencils and pens, Cons: it does not have a drawer for erasers and post its, and does not have folder slot. Having a drawer and some paper space would be helpful.
- A drawer would be most useful because has many loose erasers and post its that need drawer space for.
- Having space for somewhere to store the phone would be useful, but not needed.
^Homework due: Monday March 27: For homework I interviewed the user of the desk organizer and recorded the answers.
^Classwork: Thursday March 23: During class I read “Using Interviews in Design Thinking for Innovation.” and then I came up with 8 questions that I will ask the user of the desk organizer, in order to gather information about the users needs.
^Winter term final Due: Thursday March 2: This is my final design for my original pencil box. (after break I will learn to use Illustrator for a sketch I made to add to box).
^Classwork: Thursday February 23: During class I drew out the rough sketches for my design.
^Homework Due: Thursday February 23: For homework I started to draw out some ideas for my original pencil box.
^Classwork: Monday February 20: During class today I glued together the cardboard pencil box using wood glue, and then I started brainstorming ideas for my original pencil box design.
^Classwork: Thursday February 16: During class today I finished the the 3D model of the first pencil box. I had to redo the second divider because the measurements did not line up, so I created a new rectangle with a 5x4in outline, and then I used the offset and line commands to create the certain cutouts and indents. I then trimmed the excess lines out. I ended class with printing out the pencil box using the laser cutter and then I assembled the box, but I did not glue it yet. I tied it together with rubber bands to it would not come apart before I glue it next class.
^Homework Due: Thursday February 16: For homework I continued working on the pencil box, I fixed the first divider by meeting the right measurements and then extruding it to fit, but I had trouble making the second one and lining it up correctly with the box, so I am going to go into consult/class for help.
^Classwork: Wednesday February 15: During class today I started to assemble my pencil box. However, first I had to go back and fix some mistakes I did on the side walls by creating a new component and sketch and then projected the existing lines and then using those measurements to redo the new sides. I then joined the sides and bottoms together using the joint command. I then had to fix the dividers and I used the same process, but I did not finish it.
^Homework Due: Wednesday February 15: For homework I fixed the sides of the pencil box because I forgot the cutouts/indents on the bottom of them. I also then created the inside divider, which during next class I will copy and make another one and then join everything together.
^Classwork: Monday February 13: During class I finished the sides of my pencil box by creating 4x5in rectangles, and creating 7 equidistant lines and then offsetting the outer edge. I trimmed the excess lines out to create the indents on the sides. I then created a line that goes down the center of the rectangle and then offset it on both sides my .17/2in. I then created rectangles on the second column from the top and bottom. I finished it by trimming the excess lines and then extruding it to the material of .17in.
^Homework Due: Monday February 13: For homework I completed the bottom view of the pencil box. I did this by creating a 4x4in square and then I created three even rows and columns. I then offset the lines to .17 and trimmed the excess lines out.
^Classwork: Thursday February 9: During class I finished my LED Lamp. I put the rest of the hardware onto the lower arm and secured it with screws. I then joined the arms with the base verticals with the joint and screws. I then put the led strip onto the lower arm and threaded it through the hardware of the back of the lower arm. I put the switch and charger port onto the base and base plate, and then I cut and stripped the wires, and then soldered them together, and after I finished that I glued the base plate to the base and them used blocks and clamps to leave it to dry.
^Classwork: Wednesday February 8: During class today I used the epoxy+resin mixture to glue together the large metal plates to the base verticals. I then put the small and large metal joints and connected the upper and lower arms with the screws. I then used wood glue to glue the base verticals and the base plate together.
^Classwork: Thursday February 2: During class I used the wood laser cutter to print out the base plate and base verticals to my LED LAMP. I then used wood glue to glue together the lower arm parts of the lamp.
^Homework Due: Thursday February 2: For homework I finished my 3D model of my phone stand. I created a new component and then a new sketch on the top of the base. I created a line that is 0.4 inches away from the end of the base and then I extruded it to 2.5 inches. I used the joint combine tool to join the slanted wall and the base together and then I used the draft tool to make the wall slanted to 8° and then the smaller wall on the front too. I then used the fillet component tool to create the rounded edges all around the base and on the top of the back wall. I added this aspect of the design to add some unique-ness to it, and did it to test out new tools that I can use in the future.
^Classwork: Wednesday February 1: During class and consult today, I printed out my upper arm through Rhino, which includes the two sides and the horizontal. I then sanded them down and then put the magnets in the 6 magnet holes. I mixed resin and epoxy and flushed the magnets with them so they stuck into the magnet holes. I then used the same mixture to glue the small metal plates onto the inside of the upper arm sides.
^Homework due Wednesday February 1: For homework I worked on my 3D model of my phone stand. I did this by creating a 4×6.8 rectangle, and then creating a smaller rectangle inside of the bigger one. I then used the rectangular pattern tool to replicate 6 of those smaller rectangles- these will be the slots that my phone goes into the change angles. I extruded the larger body to 1.00in and then the smaller rectangles to 0.7in. I used the fillet and extrusion tool to form the small wall at the bottom of the phone stand. During next class I am going to fillet each of the small rectangles and then create and slanted backstop where the phone will lay on.
Classwork: Thursday January 26: During class I tried to print out my lower arm and lower horizontal of my led lamp, but I was having trouble with the laser cutter so I did not finish it.
^Homework due: Thursday January 26: For homework I finished my computer 3D model of my phone. I finished the camera by using the circular tool and offsetting lines to get the measurements/dimensions correct. I then created the card holder and used a 5/32in fillet on all four corners. I finished everything off by cut extruding the inside camera which then made the camera circles at the correct height, and then I extruded the card holder to 0.16in.
^Classwork: Wednesday January 25: During class I continued working on my computer 3D model of my phone. I used the rectangular tool and the fillet tool to create the camera box, and then the circle tool to create the cameras. I still need to finish the cameras and then extrude them.
^Homework due: Wednesday January 25- For homework I continued to work on my computer 3D model of my cell phone. I used construction lines and rectangles to create the buttons and the ringer cut out of the sides of the phone, and I used the extrusion and the extrusion cut to do this. I also then created the charger port and the other cut outs on the bottom of the phone model using the same method.
^Classwork: Monday January 23: During class today I sketched some ideas for my phone stand, and I decided on the wooden stand that uses cut out grooves to adjust the viewing perspective of the phone. I then made the front, back, left, and right views of this stand, but I still need to put the basic measurements in that will correspond and work with my phone.
^Consultation: Friday January 13: During consultation I finished my Fusion 360 Led lamp model by creating a new sketch on the base plate, and then projecting the whole base. After the model was finished I imported the lower arms, lower horizontal, and the base verticals into DXF files so next class I can print them out and finish the wood led lamp.
^Classwork: Thursday January 12: During class I continued to work on my 3D phone model by adding the indent on the front of the phone and then started to add more detailed cuts and extrusions. I also finished up my led lamp model on Fusion by joining together some pieces using the joint command. I also used wood glue to glue together my upperarm.
^Homework Due: Thursday January 12: For homework, I started to create the volume button and the hole for the phone ringer. I created a sketch on the left side of the extruded phone model, and then used construction lines to find the midpoint of the left side so I could line up the button and hole in the middle, and then used the rectangular create tool to make both. The volume button was 1.00in in length and 0.12in in width, and the ringer hole had a depth of 2/16in, 0.27in width, and 0.5in length. I used the extrude tool to make the hole for the ringer button.
^Classwork: Wednesday January 11: During class I took more measurements of my phone and then I started to create the 3D model of it. I created a rectangle, added the correct measurements in inches, added a 9/16inch fillet to all four corners, and then extruded it to 0.5in. However, I only have the basic structure of the phone currently.
^Homework Due: Wednesday January 11- For homework I used a ruler to measure some measurements of my phone, and then I tried to add a 2D sketch of my phone with these measurements on fusion, and then used the fillet tool to round the 4 corners of the front view. However, I do not have all the measurements yet to create a detailed 3D model of my phone.
^Classwork: Monday January 9- Today during class I started my sketch drawing of my phone for our next project: phone stand.
^Classwork: Thursday, January 5- During class I assembled the 24mm standoff, 38mm standoff, the screws, and the block mounts by using the joint command. I also had to go back and edit my lower horizontal because the holes for the block mounts were too close to the other ones, so expanding the space between them ensured space for the block mounts.
^Homework Due: Thursday, January 5- I followed along the “Position the base plate and base verticals” video and I used the revolute joint command to combine the base verticals to the lower arm metal discs. I then had to create a reference point by creating two diagonal lines on the bottom of the base verticals, this point ensured the base plate a point where it could be able to be joined together to the base verticals. I then used the rigid joint command to join the base plate and base verticals together and then rotated the base plate 180 degrees so the hole for the switch is on the backside.
^Classwork: Wednesday, January 4, 2023- During class, I used the joint command to combine the large metal plates to the lower arm. Then, I watched the video on creating the base verticals, and created it by creating a circle, making a line tangent to the top, creating a second reference line on the bottom and diving up the length equally to add up to 1.75inches. I then trimmed the lines we do not need which created the correct structure, and then finished the sketch and extruded the component to .21inch, and copied that component to make the second base vertical.
^Classwork: Wednesday, December 14- While watching the assigned video, I created the base plate for the LED lamp. I created a circle and then created two circles inside of them, and I created indents in the larger circle that is inside the main one by creating lines and then offsetting them and then trimming the excess lines out. I then finished the sketch and extruded the base plate to 0.21inch because that is the width of the plywood we are using.
^Homework Due: Wednesday, December 14– While I watched the assigned videos, I created the lower horizontal and the used the modify cut to combine the lower sides to the horizontal and then projected the lower horizontal. I then created the holes and square cutouts by using construction lines and the rectangular pattern tool.
^Classwork: Monday, Dec 12- While I watched the assigned video, I extruded the lower arm and then made a copy of it so I had one for each side. I then put the small lower plate onto the upper arm by using the joint assembly tool, and then made a copy of the small plate for the other side. Finally, I joint assembled the lower arms to the small plates and then changed the motion to revolute and the angle to -105 degrees and 105 degrees for the lower arms.
^Homework due: Monday, Dec 12– As I watched the two assigned videos, I created the sketch for the lower arm side1, and used the rectangular pattern tool to create the mortices and the circular pattern tool for the magnet holes. I then created the small and large metal plates and then extruded them to 0.065inch.
^Classwork: Thurs, Dec 8– During class I printed out my upper arm for the LED lamp on the laser printer using Rhino 3D. I then sanded down the pieces to get the burn residue off. I then put 6 magnets in total, 1 in each hole, and then finished the magnet holes off with a mix of resin and epoxy to keep them in place.
^Homework due: Thurs, Dec 8– Following along the assigned video, I projected the upper arm horizontal so it is in the correct form for the printing. I then saved the upper arm side and the upper arm horizontal as DXF files and put them in their own folder for the printing process.
^Classwork: Wed, Dec 7– During class I followed along and created a connective material for the middle of the upper arm. I then used the combine function and used the cut tool to make the rectangular holes combine with the middle part of the upper arm.
^Homework due: Wed, Dec 7– I followed along through the assigned video, however, we already did these steps in class previously. So for homework I made sure the that the distance between the two outside points was 0.94inches.
^Classwork: Mon, Dec 5– In class we worked on the finishing touches on the upper arm (creating magnet wholes, etc), and then joint combining the two sides of the upper arm.
^Homework due: Mon, Dec 5- I followed the video tutorial and created the baseline design of the upper arm for the LED lamp.